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Last Sunday could have been so much more for NCAA women’s basketball. Make no mistake, having 10 million people watch your product is huge, but the league wasn’t really ready for it.
1. The 13-15 seconds of taunting at the end of the game was a huge fiasco. The NFL has rules that would have ejected a player for that (although the game was over by then). Time to put something like that in place for next year.
2. Instead of apologizing, LSU has doubled down. I think the NCAA has to have a talk with them in the offseason. Think how great things would have been now if Reese had just said, even Monday morning! “Yeah, I got caught up in the moment. Sorry.”
3. Speaking of Reese, with success comes scrutiny. I know each university gets to set their own eligibility standards, but a 1.8 GPA? C’mon, that makes a mockery of the student-athlete ideal. Standardize it, NCAA.
So now you have a tainted result. Jump on this and fix it. Otherwise, next year people will be saying It’s OK, but sorta fishy.
Why are games scheduled so late at night? It’s a shame that kids and adults who watch their teams all season can’t watch all or some games.
Please consider moving championship games to earlier times and/or weekend days/early evenings.
The officiating at today’s NCAA Women’s Championship Game was a huge disappointment. These officials made themselves the focus of the game. Big missed opportunity when you had such momentum – momentum that our game has not seen before. The men’s tournament officials would never have allowed this to happen. The equivalent would be to foul out or force to the bench Larry and Magic in the ‘79 Championship Game or Patrick or Michael in ‘82. The country tuned in to watch the stars play, not sit on the bench. Please, please don’t allow this to ever happen again. It was painful to watch and ruined a golden opportunity for the women’s game. An apology is warranted. The players, coaches, and the fans deserve better – much better.
John Kreamer
The quality of bowl games has suffered tremendously. I am used to seeing teams bringing their best to the game in an all out effort to win. Now I’m seeing quarterbacks in their second start, freshmen linemen, and third string receivers. Opt-outs and transfers have ruined it. I may have to check out on college ball. There may be some honest high school ball out there that still hasn’t been ruined by people with money.
Please try to do a better job of selecting and rating officials for the NCAA tournament games. As a former high school coach I know it is difficult to officiate, but the officiating has been inconsistent this past week. The NCAA should be able to hire the best officials and pay them very well. Mistakes are one thing, but the officiating I observed really impacted several games. The NCAA owes it to the athletes to work to improve officiating.
On Thursday, March 17th, women’s swimming athlete Emma Weyant lost the National Womens Swimming Championship by coming in second place to a biologically male competitor.
Obviously, being politically correct is more important to the NCAA than the importance of creating a level playing field for athletes. A male may believe himself to be a girl, but it does not take rocket science to know that a person’s true sexual identity is found in their DNA which cannot be changed. I’m not saying anything that the NCAA does not already know. By nature, the male sex has the physical advantage over the female.
When there is trophy, conference standings, official win/loss records, scholarships and possibilities for advancing to professional sports, all coaches, and teams consisting of biological DNA females should refuse to compete against DNA biological males.
Can you explain to me “The College Softball Dead Ball Rule”. I’ve never heard of it until today when UK-Virginia Tech game was called over with VT leading 6-1 in 7th inning. This rule needs to end ASAP. Isn’t the Pre-Softball World Series games—Quarter finals and Regional Finals Tournament games ?? They can only be played in ah hour or 75 minutes. Well, we want the student-athlete to get back on campus at the best time. This rule has really soured me now on College Softball—A team doesn’t have the opportunity to bat last when they are behind in a Tournament Game?
Where is the advocacy for the positive things the NCAA has done for student athletes? My daughter, who’s Africa-American, recently received her Master’s Degree from a very prestigious university. The good that the NCAA has done needs to be broadcasted vehemently right now. And it must be done from a non- defensive posture. Get the athletes as well as the parents of the athletes involved.
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Been watching the college football games and notice that a lot of fans are not wearing masks in stands and it was our understanding that they would be required to wear masks, to be in attendance and why the public announcers are not required to announce to fans to wear there masks it really beyond me. If the United States is going to curb this covid-19, it is a must that all in attendance wear masks or we are going to see a stoppage of all our sport’s if there is a up tick of positive cases in the United States this Fall and Winter. Lets all obey the laws and wear your masks.
Bob Fisher